Pad and cover attached ironing board



Sept 16,1952 A. P. LANTz PAD AND covDR ATTACHED IRDNING BOARD OriginalFiled Jan. 2, 1947 MQW@ t able meansfor attaching convenient piece offurniture, when desired for Patented Sept.' 16, 1952 2,610,418 PAD ANDCOVER ATTACHED IRONING BOARD Alpha Perry Lantz, Washington, D. C.

Original application January 2,

1947, Serial No.

719,799. Divided and this application July 15, 1948, Serial No. 38,761

2 Claims. V(Cl. :is-140) Vread in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, wherein said preferred embodiment of the invention isillustrated.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the ironing board with the sectionsunfolded or as they appear in ironing position.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on Figure 2 throughiiange extension 34,` broken away vand taken through board 9, andreturned and taken through side flange l I.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein the same referencenumerals designate like parts in the several views 8 and 9 are the mainsections of the foldable ironing'board, together presenting a contourapproximating that of the usual single piece ironing board, the section8 being the outer portion of the board and the section 9 the innerportion thereof having prong members to hook pad 36 and cover 31 on. 32``are prong members passing through the section 9 of the board adapted tobe raised suiiiciently to engage any suitable flexible covering on theboard and 33 are corresponding-prong members similarly loosely mountedin apertured portions of the inturned horizontal portions or extensions34 f the side flanges I l, and to which may be fastened the opposite endof said pad 3B and cover 31 when passed around the board to protect orpresent a desirable ironing surface.

It will, of course, be appreciated that a suitthe ironing board to ause, may be associated with the inner section of the ironing board,` asfully disclosed and claimed in the parent application Serial No.719,799, now Patent No. 2,558,141, but inasmuch as the claims to thisfeature are retained in the parent case and no claim thereto is madeherein, the illustrations hereof are confined to the divisible matterconstituting the subject of this divisional case.

I claim:

1. An ironing device comprising a sheet metal panel having a Wide end, anarrow end and downhook engaging elewardly extending reinforcing sideanges provided with inwardly projecting oifset portions, said panel andsaid offset portions having a plurality of apertures adjacent the broadend of the panel; prong members having upper and lower hooks said prongmembers loosely mounted and slidable in said apertures; and a cover andpad of generally rectangular configuration having a series of aperturesadjacent one end positioned to register with the apertures in the paneland the offset portions, the upper hooks of the prong members in thepanel and the lower hooks of the prong members in the offset portionsengaging the surfaces of the panel and offset portions, said hooksraised sufficiently above said surfaces and extending throughcorresponding apertures in the pad and cover and engaging adjacent outersurfaces of the cover.

l 2. An ironing device comprising a sheet metal panel having a wide end,a narrow end and downwardly extending reinforcing side flanges providedwith inwardly projecting offset portions, said panel and said offsetportions having a plurality of apertures adjacent the broad end of thepanel; prong members having upper and lower hooks said -prong membersloosely mounted and slidable in said apertures; and a cover and pad ofgenerally rectangular configuration having a series of aperturesadjacent one end positioned to register with the apertures in the paneland the offset portions, the upper and lower hooks of vthe prong membersinthe panel and the lower hooks of the prongl members in the offsetportions engaging the surfaces of the panel and offset portions, saidhooks raised sufficiently above said surfaces and extending throughcorresponding apertures in the pad and cover and engaging adjacent outersur-faces of the cover to attach said pad and cover to the ironingdevice.

ALPHA PERRY LANTZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS JllVe't Jan. 24, 1933

